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• NACAT demands probe of alleged mismanaged N700b in Akwa-Ibom

Contrary to the belief by many Nigerians that governors are not supposed to account for security votes, anti-corruption stakeholders have taken a different dimension, insisting that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practice and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) are supposed to make every state governor account for the security votes allocated to them in office.

The argument is coming just as the Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT) stormed the cooperate headquarters of the EFCC yesterday, demanding a probe into security votes allocated to current and past governors.

In a petition tabled before the anti-graft agency, NACAT noted that it has painstakingly investigated and audited many of the financial records of the states available it, particularly that of Akwa-Ibom State, and discovered wanton…



Source: Guardian Newspaper